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Brief Notes on the Art and Manner of Arranging One's Books

Georges Perec (Author)

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • 112 Page / Published 2021-06-08
  • Category: Fiction , History , Poetry, Drama & Literary Criticism
  • ISBN: 9780241475218
  • Language: English
  • Format: PB
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Georges Perec

Georges Perec was a highly-regarded French novelist, filmmaker, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. Many of his novels and essays abound with experimental wordplay, lists, and attempts at....

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A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order' One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies and seeing the extraordinary in the everyday. In these virtuoso writings about books and language, he discusses different ways of reading, a list of the things he really must do before he dies and the power of words to overcome the chaos of the world. One of twenty new books in the bestselling Penguin Great Ideas series. This new selection showcases a diverse list of thinkers who have helped shape our world today, from anarchists to stoics, feminists to prophets, satirists to Zen Buddhists.